This is a list of flags inscribed with Latin-language text.
| Flag | Dates used | Latin text | English translation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguascalientes | –present | 1. BONA TERRA, BONA GENS 2. AQUA CLARA, CLARUS CÆLUM | 1. GOOD EARTH, GOOD PEOPLE 2. CLEAR WATER, CLEAR SKY | |
| Alabama (reverse)[1] | 1861–65 | NOLI ME TANGERE | TOUCH ME NOT | |
| Alabama (Governor) | 1939–present | AUDEMUS JURA NOSTRA DEFENDERE | WE DARE DEFEND OUR RIGHTS | |
| Alajuela Province | –present | POR [sic] PATRIA NOSTRA SANGUIS NOSTEA | FOR OUR COUNTRY OUR BLOOD | |
| Alamance County, North Carolina | –present | PRO BONO PUBLICO | FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD | |
| Albania | 1939–43 | FERT FERT FERT | disputed; see FERT | |
| Gmina Andrzejewo | 2009–present | AC [abbreviation of "'''A'''ndreas '''C'''ircius"] | AK [abbreviation of "[[Andrzej Krzycki|'''A'''ndrzej '''K'''rzycki]]"] | |
| Annapolis, Maryland | –present | VIXI LIBER ET MORIAR | I HAVE LIVED AND I SHALL DIE FREE | |
| Andalusia | 1918–present | DOMINATOR HERCULES FUNDATOR | HERCULES RULER AND FOUNDER | |
| Andorra | 1971–present | VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR | VIRTUE UNITED IS STRONGER | |
| Arad, Romania | 1990–present | VIA VERITAS VITA | THE WAY THE TRUTH THE LIFE | |
| Atlanta | –present | RESURGENS | RISING | |
| Augusta County, Virginia | –present | REDEANT IN AURUM SECULA PRISCUM | LET US RETURN TO THAT FIRST GOLDEN AGE | |
| Badajoz | –present | PLVS VLTRA | FURTHER BEYOND | |
| Badajoz Province | –present | |||
| Bahamas | 1869–1964[2] | 1. EXPULSIS PIRATIS 2. RESTITUTA COMMERCIA | 1. PIRATES EXPELLED 2. COMMERCE RESTORED | |
| Beirut | –present | BERYTUS NUTRIX LEGUM | BEIRUT MOTHER OF LAWS | |
| Belize | 1981–present | SUB UMBRA FLOREO | I FLOURISH IN THE SHADE | |
| Bergen | –present | SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS DE CIVITATE BERGENSI | SEAL OF THE TOWN COMMUNITY OF BERGEN | |
| Borgo Maggiore | –present | LIBERTAS | LIBERTY | |
| Boston | 1917–present | 1. SICUT PATRIBUS SIT DEUS NOBIS 2. BOSTONIA 3. CONDITA AD 1630 4. CIVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA AD 1822 | 1. AS GOD WAS WITH OUR FATHERS SO MAY HE BE WITH US 2. BOSTON 3. FOUNDED AD 1630 4. CITY GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED AD 1822 | |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | –present | INDUSTRIA CRESCIMUS | BY INDUSTRY WE THRIVE | |
| British Empire (unofficial) | 1910–45 | EX UNITATE VIRES | UNION IS STRENGTH | |
| British Guiana | 1906–66 | DAMUS PETIMUSQUE VICISSIM | WE GIVE AND EXPECT IN RETURN | |
| British Virgin Islands | 1960–present | VIGILATE | BE WATCHFUL | |
| British Virgin Islands (Civil Ensign) | 1960–present | |||
| British Virgin Islands (Governor) | 1960–present | |||
| British Windward Islands | 1886–1953 | I PEDE FAUSTO | GO WITH A LUCKY FOOT | |
| British Windward Islands (Governor-in-chief) | 1886–1960 | |||
| The Bronx | 1912–present | NE CEDE MALIS | YIELD NOT TO EVIL | |
| Cádiz Province | –present | 1. HERCVLES FVNDATOR GADIUM DOMINATORQVE 2. PLVS VLTRA | 1. HERCULES FOUNDER AND RULER OF CÁDIZ 2. FURTHER BEYOND | |
| California (Governor) | –present | EUREKA | I HAVE FOUND IT | |
| Cape Colony | 1876–1910 | SPES BONA | GOOD HOPE | |
| Caroline County, Maryland | –present | TERRA DULCIS VIVENDUM | LAND OF PLEASANT LIVING | |
| Chile (Patria Vieja) | 1812–14 | 1. POST TENEBRAS LUX 2. AUT CONSILIO [sic] AUT ENSE | 1. LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS 2. EITHER BY MEETING OR BY THE SWORD | |
| Cincinnati | 1896–present | JUNCTA JUVANT | UNITY ASSISTS | |
| Colorado | 1907–11 | NIL SINE NUMINE | NOTHING WITHOUT PROVIDENCE | |
| Connecticut | 1897–present | QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET | HE WHO TRANSPLANTED STILL SUSTAINS | |
| Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (President) | 1990–92 | VERITAS VINCIT | TRUTH PREVAILS | |
| Detroit | 1948–present | 1. SPERAMUS MELIORA 2. RESURGET CINERIBUS | 1. WE HOPE FOR BETTER THINGS 2. IT WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES | |
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux | –present | VIRIBUS UNITAS | UNITED FORCE | |
| Drogheda | –present | Deus praesidium mercatura decus | God our strength, merchandise our glory | |
| Extremadura | 1983–present | PLVS VLTRA | FURTHER BEYOND | |
| Fairfax County, Virginia | –present | FARE FAC | FAIRFAX | |
| Flores Department | –present | LABOR IMPROBA OMNIA VINCIT | STEADY WORK OVERCAME ALL THINGS | |
| Gabon (President) | 1963–present | UNITI PROGREDIEMUR | WE SHALL GO FORWARD UNITED | |
| Gibraltar (civil ensign) | 1996–present | MONTIS INSIGNIA CALPE | BADGE OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR | |
| Gibraltar (government ensign) | 1875–present | |||
| Gibraltar (governor) | 1837–1982 | |||
| Gipuzkoa | –present | FIDELISSIMA BARDULIA NUMQUAM SUPERATA | NOBLE BARDULIA NEVER CONQUERED | |
| Gran Colombia | 1820–21 | VIXIT ET VINCET AMORE PATRIAE | ||
| Grenada | 1875–1903 | HAE TIBI ERUNT ARTES | THESE SHALL BE YOUR ARTS | |
| Grenada | 1903–67 | CLARIOR E TENEBIS | LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS | |
| Guatemala (state flag) | 1858–71 | 1. GUATIMALÆ RESPUBLICA 2. PROTECTIONE SUB D.O.M. [abbreviation of "'''D'''eus '''O'''ptimus '''M'''aximus"] | REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA 2. UNDER THE PROTECTION OF ALMIGHTY GOD | |
| Kingdom of Haiti | 1811–20 | EX CINERVBVS NASCITVR | THE EMPIRE SHALL RISE FROM ITS ASHES | |
| Huelva Province | –present | PROTUS MARIS ET TERRE CUSTODIA | PROTECTOR OF SEAPORTS AND LAND | |
| Huelva | –present | |||
| Huesca Province | –present | V.V. OSCA [abbreviation of "'''V'''RBS '''V'''ICTRIX '''OSCA'''] | HUESCA | |
| Huesca | –present | |||
| Idaho | 1897–present | ESTO PERPETUA | LET IT BE ETERNAL | |
| Iquitos | –present | CARPENT TUA POMA NEPOTES | YOUR CHILDREN WILL HARVEST YOUR FRUITS | |
| Jamaica | 1906–62 | INDVS VTERQVE SERVIET VNI | BOTH INDIES SHALL SERVE AS ONE | |
| Jamaica | 1906–62 | |||
| Kansas | 1961–present | AD ASTRA PER ASPERA | TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES | |
| Kansas (Governor) | 1961–present | |||
| Kosovo (President) | 1992–2007 | DARDANIA | DARDANIA | |
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania | –present | Lan-castra, Britannia | Lancaster, Britain | |
| Lazio | –present | S P Q S [abbreviation of "'''S'''enatus '''P'''opulus'''q'''us '''S'''abinus"] | [abbreviation of "The Senate and the [[Sabines|Sabine]] People"] | |
| Lima | –present | 1. I K [abbreviation of "'''I'''oanna" and "'''K'''arolus"] 2. HOC SIGNUM VERE REGUM EST | 1. J C [abbreviation of "[[Joanna of Castile|'''J'''oanna]]" and "Charles"] 2. THIS IS THE REAL SIGN OF THE KINGS | |
| Maine | 1909–present | DIRIGO | I LEAD | |
| Malabo | Until 1968[3] | 1. FIDES 2. BIAFRA | 1. FAITH 2. BIAFRA | |
| Marondera | –present | FLOREAT MARONDERA | LET MARONDERA FLOURISH | |
| Massachusetts | 1971–present | ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERATE QVIETEM | BY THE SWORD WE SEEK PEACE BUT PEACE ONLY UNDER LIBERTY | |
| Massachusetts (Governor) | 1971–present | |||
| Mauritius | 1869–1968 | STELLA CLAVISQUE MARIS INDICI | STAR AND KEY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN | |
| Mauritius (civil ensign) | 1968–present | |||
| Mauritius (state ensign) | 1968–present | |||
| Mauritius (President) | 1968–present | |||
| Melilla | –present | 1. PRÆFERRE PATRIAM LIBERIS PARENTEM DECET 2. NON PLVS VLTRA | 1. IT IS SEEMLY FOR A PARENT TO PUT HIS FATHERLAND BEFORE HIS CHILDREN 2. NOTHING FARTHER BEYOND | |
| Michigan | 1911–present | 1. E PLURIBUS UNUM 2. TUEBOR 3. SI QUÆRIS PENINSULAM AMŒNAM CIRCUMSPICE | 1. OUT OF MANY, ONE 2. I WILL DEFEND 3. IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENINSULA LOOK AROUND YOU | |
| Michigan (Governor) | 1911–present | |||
| Missouri | 1913 | 1. SALUS POPULI SUPREME LEX ESTO 2. MDCCCXX | 1. LET THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE BE THE SUPREME LAW 2. 1820 | |
| Newfoundland | 1870–1904 | 1. TERRA NOVA | 1. NEW LAND | |
| Newfoundland (civil ensign) | 1870–1931 | 1. TERRA NOVA 2. HÆC TIBI DONA FERO | 1. NEW LAND 2. THESE GIFTS I BRING THEE | |
| Newfoundland | 1907–31 | |||
| New York | 1788–present | EXCELSIOR | HIGHER [or EVER UPWARD] | |
| New York (Governor) | –present | |||
| New York City | 1977–present | SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI | SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK | |
| Nuevo León | –present | SEMPER ASCENDENS | ALWAYS ASCENDING | |
| North Dakota | 1943–present | E PLURIBUS UNUM | OUT OF MANY, ONE | |
| Olomouc Region | –present | S P Q O [abbreviation of "'''S'''enatus '''P'''opulus'''q'''us '''O'''lomucium"] | [abbreviation of "The Senate and the Olomouc People"] | |
| Oslo | –present | UNANIMETER ET CONSTANTER | UNITED AND CONSTANT | |
| Osorno, Chile | –present | 1. PRO PATRIA NEC ASPERA TERRENT 2. FIDE ET AMORE | 1. FOR COUNTRY FRIGHTENED BY NO DIFFICULTIES 2. FAITH AND LOVE | |
| Palencia Province | –present | AVE MARIA | HAIL MARY | |
| Philadelphia | 1874–present | PHILADELPHIA MANETO | LET BROTHERLY LOVE ENDURE | |
| Prince George's County, Maryland | 1963–present | SEMPER EADEM | ALWAYS THE SAME | |
| Puerto Rico (Governor) | –present | JOANNES EST NOMEN EJVS | JOHN IS HIS NAME | |
| Rhodesia | 1968–79 | SIT NOMINE DIGNA | MAY SHE BE WORTHY OF THE NAME | |
| Rhodesia (President) | 1968–79 | |||
| Rio de Janeiro | –present | RECTE REM PUBLICAM GERERE | CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF THE PUBLIC WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS | |
| Recife | –present | VIRTUS ET FIDES | STRENGTH AND COURAGE | |
| Roman Republic (military flag) | 1849 | GUARDIA CIVICA ROMANA | GUARD OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC | |
| Saint-Lambert, Quebec | –present | Maximus in minimis | The greatest in the smallest detail | |
| Saint Vincent | 1979–85 | PAX ET JUSITITIA | PEACE AND JUSTICE | |
| Saint Vincent | 1907–79 | |||
| Samogitia | –present | PATRIA UNA | ONE NATION | |
| San Diego | 1934–present | SEMPER VIGILANS | EVER VIGILANT | |
| San Marino | 1465–present | LIBERTAS | LIBERTY | |
| City of San Marino | –present | |||
| São Paulo | –present | NON DVCOR DVCO | I AM NOT LED I LEAD | |
| Gmina Secemin | –present | IN PRINCIPIO | IN THE BEGINNING | |
| Seychelles | 1903–76 | FINIT CORONAT OPVS | THE END CROWNS THE WORK | |
| Seychelles (Governor) | 1903–76 | |||
| Seychelles (President) | 1977–present | |||
| Shanghai International Settlement | – 1943 | OMNIA JUNCTA IN UNO | ALL JOINED IN ONE | |
| Sierra Leone | 1916–61 | AUSPICE BRITTANIA LIBER | FREE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF BRITAIN | |
| Sint Maarten | 1985–present | SEMPER PRO GREDIENS | ALWAYS PROGRESSING | |
| Soacha | –present | SOL OMNIBUS LUCET | THE SUN SHINES ON ALL | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 1985–present | LEO TERRUM PROPRIAM PROTEGAT | LET THE LION PROTECT HIS OWN LAND | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Commissioner) | 1999–present | |||
| Spain | 1981–present | PLVS VLTRA | FURTHER BEYOND | |
| Spain | 1939–81 | |||
| Spain | 1931–39 | |||
| Spain (President) | 1931–36 | |||
| Spain (President) | 1936–39 | |||
| Municipality of Štip | –present | АСТІВО | ACTIBO [Latin place name for the Štip region] | |
| Subotica | –present | SIGILLUM LIBERÆ ET REGIÆ CIVITATIS MARIA THERESIOPOLIS | SEAL OF THE FREE AND ROYAL CITY OF MARIA THERESIOPOLIS | |
| Suriname (President) | 1975–present | JUSTICIA PIETAS FIDES | JUSTICE PIETY TRUST | |
| Suriname (Prime Minister) | 1975–88 | |||
| Swaziland (royal standard) | 1986–present | MIIIR [abbreviation of "'''M'''swati '''III''' '''R'''ex"] | MIIIK [abbreviation of "[[Maswati III|'''M'''swati '''III''']] King"] | |
| Tangier International Zone | 1923–56 | TINGIS | TANGIER | |
| Tlaxcala | –present | K [abbreviation of "'''K'''arolus"] | C [abbreviation of "[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|'''C'''harles]]"] | |
| Toledo Province | –present | PLVS VLTRA | FURTHER BEYOND | |
| Tongatapu | 1858–62 | A M [abbreviation of "'''A'''ve '''M'''aria"] | H M [abbreviation of "[[Hail Mary|'''H'''ail '''M'''ary]]"] | |
| Trinidad | 1889–1962 | MISCERIQUE PROBAT POPULOS ET FŒDERA JUNGI | SHE IS CONTENT TO MAKE TREATIES AND UNITE PEOPLES | |
| Trujillo, Peru | –present | K [abbreviation of "'''K'''arolus"] | C [abbreviation of "[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|'''C'''harles]]"] | |
| Gmina Tuczępy | –present | ECCE AGNUS DEI | BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD | |
| –present | KAROLI CESARIS AVSPITIO ET LABORE INGENIO AC IMPENSA DUCIS PIZARRO INVENTA ET PACATA | UNDER THE AUSPICES OF EMPEROR CHARLES CAPTAIN PIZARRO USED HIS LABOUR AND TALENT TO DISCOVER AND PACIFY | ||
| United States (President) | 1882–present | E PLURIBUS UNUM | OUT OF MANY, ONE | |
| United States (Vice President) | 1915–present | |||
| Kingdom of Uvea | 1842–60 | A M [abbreviation of "'''A'''ve '''M'''aria"] | H M [abbreviation of "[[Hail Mary|'''H'''ail '''M'''ary]]"] | |
| Republic of Venice | –1797 | PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEUS[4] | PEACE TO YOU MARK MY EVANGELIST | |
| Veneto | 1975–present | |||
| Victoria, British Columbia | –present | SEMPER LIBER | ALWAYS FREE | |
| Virginia | 1861–present | SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS | THUS ALWAYS TO TYRANTS | |
| West Vancouver | –present | CONSILIO ET ANIMIS | BY WISDOM AND COURAGE | |
| West Virginia | 1929–present | MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI | MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE | |
| Winnipeg | 1975–present | UNUM CUM VIRTUTE MULTORUM | ONE WITH THE STRENGTH OF MANY | |
| Zacatecas | –present | LABOR VINCIT OMNIA | WORK CONQUERS ALL |